Government Handouts and the Homestead Act

Send us Fan Mail Free land built a powerful American myth, but it also left a trail of failed farms, broken plans, and hard lessons that still matter today. We start with the Homestead Act and use it as a mirror for modern agriculture, asking a question that gets uncomfortable fast: when the government “helps” farmers through grants, loans, and farm subsidies, does it strengthen real farm viability or does it quietly make farmers more dependent and less free? We work through a biblical persp...